The 2003

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took place 6–9 November at Campo de Golf Parador El Saler,

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. The team captain for Continental Europe was

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, with the team captain for Great Britain and Ireland being

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. The competition was won by Great Britain and Ireland.

Format

For the first time the event was staged over four days. There were five fourball matches on both Thursday and Friday, four greensomes matches on Saturday morning, four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon and ten singles matches on Sunday. If the score finished at 14–14, then two players from each team (but not either captain) would play a two hole play-off using the greensomes format to find the winner. Each member of the winner team received

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150,000, the losing team €70,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,200,000.

Teams

Both captains played and had one wild card selection each. The remaining 8 players were the leading four players from the

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after the 2003 Telefónica Open de Madrid and the leading four players (not qualified from the World Rankings) from the Volvo

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after the 2003 Telefónica Open de Madrid. David Howell replaced

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who was playing in the 2003 Tour Championship which was being playing in the same week. Source:

Day one

''Thursday, 6 November 2003''

Fourball

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Day two

''Friday, 7 November 2003''

Fourball

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Day three

''Saturday, 8 November 2003''

Morning greensomes

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Afternoon foursomes

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Day four

''Sunday, 9 November 2003''

Singles

Thomas Bjørn was injured and retired from his match. Because he withdrew less than 30 minutes before games started Paul Casey was awarded the match. If Bjørn had retired earlier the match would have been declared as halved. Source:

References

External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site
{{Seve Trophy Seve Trophy Golf tournaments in Spain